Editing Imperial Japan (section)

==Villainy==
They were considered to be especially vicious towards conquered civilians as well as their prisoners of war - stemming from a fanatical belief in Imperial Japan that to be captured by one's enemies was a disgrace and thus prisoners were to be treated as cruelly as possible. They claimed to be liberating Asia from previous imperialists, though their actual intentions were to create their own Japanese-dominated empire in Asia. For much of the late 1930s and 1940s, they controlled large portions of Eastern Asia, including modern-day Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, parts of China (including the puppet state of [[Manchukuo]]), modern-day Malaysia, and Borneo.

Imperial Japan was also infamous for their fanatical willingness to die and their reliance on fierce ambush tactics, such as in the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|raid that devastated Pearl Harbor]]. They were responsible for massive destruction and the brutal [[murder]]ing of tens of millions across East Asia during the Second World War, such as in the horrific [[Rape of Nanking|Nanking Massacre]], the [[Bataan Death March]], the experiments conducted by [[Unit 731]], the Kalagong massacre, the [[Manila Massacre]], etc. They also showed an incredibly racist attitude towards non-Japanese Asians, which served as the primary reason behind why they killed so many of them. They also began showing persecution of Jews, much like Nazi Germany did. They were also responsible for the origin of the famous "<span style="display:inline-block;font-size:15px;line-height:18px;width:auto;">[http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Kamikaze kamikaze]</span>" pilots.

They were also supportive allies with [[Nazi Party|Nazi Germany]] (under the leadership of [[Adolf Hitler]]) and the [[Italian Social Republic]] (under the leadership of [[Benito Mussolini]]) during World War II. However, their cooperation was limited due to their extensively distant geographical locations.